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File AvailableEvans, G.H. 1904 The Asiatic two-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (1): 160-161
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
Behaviour - Fighting
Sumatran Rhino
When charging the wounded animal kept her jaws open as though with every intention of biting. The people about the hills state that rhinos do bite.
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File AvailableSclater, W.L. 1900 The mammals of South Africa, vol I: Primates, carnivora and ungulata. London, R.H. Porter, pp. i-xxxi, 1-324
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World
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Black Rhino
when disturbed it makes off in any direction, usually down wind, but after a short way gradually wheels round up wind, its pace being fairly good, better than that of the square-mouthed species.
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File AvailableOldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
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Indian Rhino
The male uses his horn much more than the female in fighting, rubbing against trees &c. and generally manages to break or wear the end off so as to shorten it.
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File AvailableBaldwin, J.H. 1877 The large and small game of Bengal and the North-Western provinces of India, 2nd ed. London, Henry S. King and Co, pp. i-xxiv, 1-380
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Indian Rhino
Rhinoceri are in the habit of depositing their ordure in one particular spot. I have several times come across these places: apparently, from the heap of soil and the rankness of the grass around, they had been used for very many years, and on examination I invariably found fresh traces of the b...
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File AvailableArbousset, T.; Daumas, F. 1842 Relation d'un voyage d'exploration au Nord-est de la Colonie du Cap de Bonne-Esperance, entrepris dans les mois de mars, avril et mai 1836. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, pp. i-xii, 1-620
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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